On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 15:54 +0000, Tim Draper wrote:
[snip]
> back to DRM talk :)
>> boo, hiss, down with DRM.
> shame there is no way to opt-out of it.
Ultimately the choice is to not buy equipment that supports DRM. It's a
bit difficult justifying your principled stand though to wives, children
etc when they miss their favourite program.
> in the UK you need a tv
> licence to watch ANY TV, not just BBC channels (TV licence goes to bbc
> directly), so we're really in a pickle and cant 'vote no' as it would
> mean no tv at all, be it sky, cable, or terrestrial. the only legal
> option is to run the select few programs that are on streaming sites.
You may need a licence to watch some streamed TV content if it's live or
almost live. See
http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_tv_progs/tvlicence
--
Lawrence